25% of death in Iran caused by tobacco: Minister
Speaking on the sidelines of a ceremony on the occasion of the World No Tobacco Day, Lankarani lamented the fact that there was 4%-5% fall in the country's average smoking age. - 6/1/09
Iranian activist receives Tobacco-Free World Award
Tobacco-Free World Award was presented to the head of Iran's Tobacco Control Headquarters, Mostafa Ghaffari by director general of World Health Organization (WHO). - 5/26/09
Photos: Mass Family Walk in Tabriz, Iran
People in the provincial city of Tabriz participated in a mass family walk on Friday May 22nd. -Photos by Navid Jadidoleslam, ISNA - 5/22/09
2nd International congress on heart failure underway in Tehran
Second International Congress on Heart Failure opened late on Wednesday and will continue until May 15. Specialists from The Netherlands, France, Britain and Italy are taking part at the congress. - 5/14/09
Post-crash management of road traffic injury victims in Iran. Stakeholders' views on current barriers and potential facilitators
Road traffic injuries are a major public health problem, especially in low- and middle-income countries. Post-crash management can play a significant role in minimizing crash consequences and saving lives. - 5/13/09
First International seminar on pain underway in Bandar Anzali
First International Seminar on Pain and Ninth Annual Scientific Meeting of Iranian Pain Society opened here on Saturday and will continue until May 11. - 5/9/09
Iran's first herbal anti-cancer drug to enter the market soon
Spinal-z is a methanolic mixture of dried powdered seeds, domestic to Iran, which are considered poisonous on their own. The combination of the herbs has shown promising results in treating stomach cancer. - 5/7/09
X Prize Offered for Health Care Innovation
The Ansari X Prize was funded in part by the family of Iranian American entrepreneur Anousheh Ansari. - 5/5/09
First neurology center opens in Tabriz
Iran's first neurology center was inaugurated here at Imam Reza (AS) Medical Educational Center with the aim of curing epilepsy. With the commissioning of the center, Tabriz has become the country's scientific hub in the field. - 5/3/09
Iranian American Medical Association: Improving Lives and Shaping Futures
A group of Iranian-American doctors have not forgotten the residents of Bam, and have embarked on an ambitious effort to build a free clinic in the recovering city. With thirteen-thousand square meters of land donated by the city council of Bam, the clinic will be comprised of four major sections: an advanced general medical facility, a building for specialty services, a same-day surgery unit and a residential unit for physicians and visiting specialists from around the world. - 5/1/09
WHO Urges Governments To Put Flu Plans Into Action
Iran's Health Ministry has urged travelers to avoid visiting the United States and Mexico. No cases of the potentially deadly virus have been identified in Iran. Mohammad Mehdi Gooya, who heads the department of disease control in the Health Ministry, said travelers who arrive from abroad will be tested and advised to go to special hospitals if the are found to be infected. - 4/30/09
10 million smokers, 31 million second-hand smokers in Iran
More than 31 million of the country's total population are second-hand smokers, head of research center of Iran Anti-Tobacco Association (IATA) said in Tehran on Sunday. - 4/26/09
International conference on Hemophilia kicks off in Isfahan
An international conference on Hemophilia began in this ancient city Sunday morning on the occasion of the world Hemophilia Day (April 17) with participation of over 450 leading domestic and foreign physicians. - 4/19/09
Iran: Over 50% of kidney donors under 26
More than 50% of kidney donors in the country are between the ages of 25 and 26, managing director of Iranian Kidney Foundation said here on Saturday. - 4/18/09
Iran at forefront of stem cell research
Though the world's attention has focused on Iran's advancing nuclear program, Iranian scientists have moved to the forefront in embryonic stem cell research, according to a recent joint study by Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. -Washington Times - 4/16/09
Iran Makes Breakthrough in Simultaneous Transplantation
Iranian surgeons for the first time in the world transplanted a patient's heart and her two lungs simultaneously in a Tehran hospital. -FNA - 4/16/09
Talk examines sex changes in Iran
Faegheh Shirazi, an associate professor in the department of Middle Eastern studies, delivered a lecture called “Transexuality: Sex Change Operations and its Legalization by the Islamic Republic of Iran” on Friday in Garrison Hall. The lecture detailed the history of a procedure rarely associated with Iran. -Daily Texan - 4/14/09
Meeting of Eastern-Western Medicine: A Possible Alternative Treatment for Multiple Sclerosis
Since I have been experimenting with the fascinating I-Health System, a system I had dreamt about when first starting to study Alternative Medicine about two decades ago, some of my other pressing questions in regard to various Eastern-Western medical systems and approaches were accidentally also verified. -Roya Monajem, Tehran - 4/9/09
Yazd to host International congress on diabetes
Announcing this, head of Yazd Diabetes Research Center, Mohammad Afkhami-Ardakani told IRNA on Thursday that the three-day event is to be attended by the Iranian experts as well as specialists from Germany, the US, England, Spain, India, Nigeria and Pakistan. - 4/9/09
No increase in height of Iranians in ten years
Iranians have not been getting taller over the past ten years, a subspecialist in endocrinology said here on Tuesday. Iraj Heidari blamed social and psychological problems, lack of exercises, insomnia, stress, and family problems, and mainly poor diet as the main factors in creating such problem in the country. - 4/7/09
International congress on radiology to open in Tehran on April 28
The 25th International Congress on Radiology will be held at Olympic Hotel in Tehran from April 28-May 1 with the aim of presenting the latest achievements in the field. - 4/7/09
Gene discovery could lead to male contraceptive
The research team, which included scientists from the University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences in Tehran, Iran, discovered the male infertility gene while studying the genetics of families from Iran -- a population that has relatively high rates of disease-causing gene mutations. -University of Iowa Health Care Media Relations - 4/3/09
Iran Pharmaceuticals and Healthcare Report Q2
BMI is forecasting a 10.2% compound annual growth rate (CAGR) for the Iranian pharmaceutical market, meaning an increase in total value from US$2.25bn in 2008 to US$3.65bn by 2013. - 4/3/09
Masturbation could bring hay fever relief for men
Spring is here and with it come the woes of hay fever. Never fear, however, as there may be a quick and pleasurable treatment to clear those bunged noses, for guys at least – a well-timed ejaculation. That's what Sina Zarrintan, a neurologist from the Tabriz Medical University in Iran proposes, anyway. -New Scientist - 4/2/09
Setton Pistachio of Terra Bella, Inc. Announces Nationwide Recall of Pistachios Because of Possible Health Risk
This voluntary recall affects certain bulk roasted inshell and roasted shelled pistachios shipped on or after September 1, 2008. The bulk product was distributed throughout the United States. - 3/31/09
Hot Tea May Raise Esophageal Cancer Risk
It's Not the Tea; It's the Temperature -- Scalding Hot Liquid Could Injure Cells in Esophagus, Study Says. Researchers studied tea drinkers in northern Iran's Golestan province, which has a high rate of esophageal squamous cell carcinoma. -WebMD - 3/27/09
Call for higher circumcision rate
Circumcision should be routinely considered as a way to reduce the risk of sexually transmitted infections, argue US experts. -BBC - 3/27/09
Female Genital Mutilation Said To Be Widespread In Iraq's, Iran's Kurdistan
"We were five sisters --we didn't really understand what was happening. My mother just said that someone was coming to our house," says 48-year-old Tahereh, who is one of many women who have undergone female genital mutilation (FGM) in Iranian Kurdistan. -RFE - 3/11/09
Iranian-Canadian Professor Designs Medical Imaging Prototype
University of Waterloo engineering Professor Hamid Tizhoosh told Ontario's Waterloo Region Record his team has found a solution to a problem plaguing scientists for years. The problem is based on the fact that, to date, no computer programs have been able to properly and accurately analyze medical images in the same way that human beings can. -Grace Nasri, Iran Times - 3/9/09
Iran: HIV/AIDS – More Than a Social Taboo
Iran's latest official statistics show that more than 18,000 people in the country are infected with the HIV virus - but the real number could be far higher. "According to a statement by the World Health Organisation, we have to multiply this figure four or five times to reach the real figure of those infected with AIDS in Iran," warned Masoud Mardani, a member of the AIDS National Committee. -Mina Rasheed, Tehran - 2/28/09
18,000 Iranians HIV positive
An estimated 18,000 of the country's 70 million population are infected with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), the pathogen that causes AIDS, secretary of the state Welfare Organization's committee of AIDS control and prevention said on Sunday. - 2/23/09
One third of world drugs transited through Iran: Police chief
Based on recent statistics released by the United Nations, one third of the drugs destined to international markets are transited through Iran, the national police chief announced on Wednesday. - 2/18/09
Increase in death rate from lung disease in Tehran: study
Compared with the last year, there has been a significant increase in number of deaths resulting from lung and respiratory diseases among citizens in Tehran. - 2/17/09
Photos: Killing the cigarettes, for a change
Some 23 million smuggled cigarettes which had been confiscated by Iranian police were destroyed in Tehran. Among the cigarettes included those made by American companies (Camel, Kent, Winston, etc ) and Iranian companies (Bahman, Day, Tir). -Photos by Amir Pourmand ISNA - 2/16/09
Iran produces four cancer, MS drugs
Iranians have produced erythropoietin beta, interferon beta 1, interferon gamma and fingolimod to treat multiple sclerosis and cancer. - 2/9/09
Iran: Health Workers Hail Bid to Counter HIV Spread
Tehran’s House of the Sun is a safe haven for women addicted to drugs. At the centre, in the Darvazeh Ghar neighbourhood, one of the southernmost and poorest areas in Iran’s capital, female addicts, as well as homeless women and prostitutes, can access methadone, have a free hot meal and speak to counsellors. -Maryam Jalali, Tehran - 2/6/09
Over 60% of Tehrani students suffer from skeletal abnormalities
More than 60% of the capital's students suffer from height and skeletal abnormalities, an official in Tehran's Physical Education Department said here on Sunday. Girls due to lack of exercise are more likely to suffer height and skeletal abnormalities, Hossen Qaemi said. - 1/25/09
Tehran drinking water has highest nitrate level in Iran
Tehran water supply has the highest level of nitrate in the country, director of Tehran's Department of Environment (DOE) said here on Thursday. - 1/24/09
Tehran Respiratory Illnesses Rise 7 Percent, Sarmayeh Reports
The number of Tehran residents with severe respiratory illnesses increased by 7 percent in the last year, Sarmayeh reported, citing an unidentified emergency services official. Pollution contributed to the deterioration, an environmental expert said. -Bloomberg - 1/24/09
Iran's Rehab Centres – Sanctuaries or Scams?
Look at the classified pages of any Iranian newspaper and you'll notice a growing number of adverts for drug rehabilitation centres. In recent months, at least 20 to 30 new institutions have placed listings, outlining their services to the public. -Manijeh Nourmohammadi, Tehran - 1/22/09
Iran Uses AIDS Doctors' Imprisonment as First Test of Obama Administration
In the wake of President Barack Obama's inauguration, Iran has signaled that the espionage trial of two world-renowned AIDS doctors is a bellwether for the future of U.S.-Iranian relations. -Physicians for Human Rights - 1/21/09
Royan Cell Therapy Center Opens in Tehran
Iran inaugurated the country's first cellular therapy center in Royan institute in a bid to treat refractory diseases in the near future - 12/30/08
Photos: Emergency Evacuations Drill at Kouyeh Nasr in Tehran
An emergency evacuations drill was held on Wednesday at Kouyeh Nasr neighborhood of Tehran. During this drill, the residents went through various emergency preparedness exercises. -Photos by Amir Pourmand, ISNA - 12/25/08
There are 12 million smokers in Iran
According to a report by the Public Relations Department of the institute, Mahmoud Abtahi said, "We are working in an industry whose product is disagreeable but we should manage the cigarette market given the number of smokers in Iran." - 12/25/08
Female Cardiologist Co-authors Book on Women's Heart Health
Dr. Shokooh is a Board Certified Cardiologist in private practice at the Orange County Heart Institute and Research Center in Orange County, California. She has lectured on women and heart disease to nursing programs and has been involved in EBCT research. She has had research papers published. She is currently the co-medical director at the St. Joseph Women's Heart Center in Orange, California. - 12/24/08
Termination of pregnancy due to Thalassemia major, Hemophilia, and Down's Syndrome: the views of Iranian physicians
Genetic disorders due to kindred marriages are common medical conditions in Iran; however, the legal aspects of abortion remain controversial. This study was undertaken to determine physicians' opinions regarding the termination of pregnancy for three genetic diseases: thalassemia major, hemophilia, and Down's syndrome. -Mehran Karimi, et al - 12/24/08
Hospital Show 2008 kicks off in Kish
The First International Hospital Industry Exhibition (Hospital Show 2008) kicked off at the Kish International Exhibition Center on Tuesday and will run until Friday. Also, First International Seminar themed 'Innovation in Nursing and Midwifery' was held for two days in Qeshm Island, Hormuzgan province. - 12/24/08
Iran Asked to Free AIDS Doctors Held for Six Months on Illegitimate Charges
On the sixth-month anniversary of Iran's detention of Dr. Arash Alaei and Dr. Kamiar Alaei—Iranian brothers who are known worldwide as HIV/AIDS physicians—international NGOs, academic institutions, and medical leaders from across the globe are asking Iran to free them immediately. - 12/23/08
Bam earthquake: five years later
The psychological scars still linger from the devastating earthquake that destroyed almost the entire city of Bam in December 2003. The massive quake killed some 26,000 people and left 30,000 with life long injuries. Five years on people still struggle to cope while around them reconstruction continues. -IFRC - 12/23/08
HIV+ disease spread among injection addicts decreased 7%: Iranian Official
Remedy and Rehabilitation Deputy of Narcotic Drug Abuse Campaign Headquarters said here Friday thanks to that headquarter's moves, according to Health Ministry statistics, spread of HIV+ disease among country's injection addicts has decreased 7% during past three years. -IRNA - 12/20/08
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